1So I made up my mind that I would not make another painful visit to you. 2For if I grieve you, who is left to make me glad but you whom I have grieved? 3I wrote as I did, so that when I came I would not be distressed by those who should have made me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would all share my joy. 4For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
Forgiveness for the Offender
5If anyone has caused grief, he has not so much grieved me as he has grieved all of you to some extent—not to put it too severely. 6The punishment inflicted on him by the majority is sufficient. 7Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. 8I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. 9Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. 10Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.
Ministers of the New Covenant
12Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
14But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.
1Enti meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ meremma mo nkyɛn bio mmɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow. 2Sɛ mebɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow a hena na ɔbɛkyekyere me werɛ? Me ara a mahyɛ mo awerɛhow no ana? 3Ɛno nti na mekyerɛw saa krataa no brɛɛ mo. Na mempɛ sɛ meba mo nnipa koro no ara a mubegye mʼani no nkyɛn abɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow. Minim yiye sɛ, sɛ me ho tɔ me a, mo nso mo ho bɛtɔ mo. 4Mede amanehunu, awerɛhow ne nusu na ɛrekyerɛw mo saa krataa yi. Mankyerɛw mammɛhyɛ mo awerɛhow, na mmom, mekyerɛw de bɛkyerɛɛ ɔdɔ a medɔ mo nyinaa.
Bɔne Fafiri
5Sɛ obi ahyɛ afoforo awerɛhow a, ɛnyɛ me na wahyɛ me saa awerɛhow no, na mo anaasɛ mo mu bi na wahyɛ no saa awerɛhow no. Mempɛ sɛ me nsa yɛ den wɔ saa onipa no so. 6Aso a dodow no ara atwe no no dɔɔso ma no. 7Ɛsɛ sɛ mode kyɛ no na mokyekye ne werɛ sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a awerɛhow renhyɛ ne so. 8Mesrɛ mo, momma onhu sɛ mopɛ nʼasɛm pa ara.
Hena Na Oye Ma Saa Dwumadi Yi?
9Nea enti a mekyerɛw mo krataa no ne sɛ: Mepɛ sɛ mihu sɛ moatumi agyina sɔhwɛ no ano pintinn na nsɛm a meka kyerɛ mo no nso, mudi so ana. 10Sɛ obi yɛ bɔne bi na mode kyɛ no a, me nso mede kyɛ no. Sɛ ɛho hia sɛ mede bɛkyɛ na mede kyɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ mede biribiara kyɛ. Na mo nti na meyɛ saa wɔ Kristo anim 11sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, ɔbonsam rennya yɛn ho kwan, efisɛ yenim ne nsusuwii.
12Bere a miduu Troa kɔkaa Kristo ho Asɛmpa no, mihuu sɛ Awurade ama adwuma no yɛ ho kwan wɔ hɔ. 13Nanso me werɛ howee, efisɛ na minhu yɛn nua Tito. Enti mekraa nnipa a wɔwɔ hɔ no na misii mu kɔɔ Makedonia.
14Yɛda Onyankopɔn ase sɛ daa odi yɛn kan wɔ yɛn anigye ne nkonimdi santen wɔ Kristo mu ma ɔde yɛn trɛw ne ho nimdeɛ huamhuam no mu. 15Yɛyɛ Kristo aduhuam wɔ wɔn a wɔregye wɔn nkwa ne wɔn a wɔreyera no mu ma Onyankopɔn. 16Na wɔn a wɔreyera no de, ɛyɛ wɔn hua bɔne a etumi kum. Nanso wɔn a wɔregye wɔn nkwa no de, ɛyɛ hua a ɛma wɔn nkwa. Hena na obetumi agyina adwuma a ɛyɛ den sɛɛ anim? 17Yɛnte sɛ nnipa afoforo bi a wɔfa Onyankopɔn asɛm sɛ adetɔnnne bi, na esiane sɛ Onyankopɔn asoma yɛn no nti, yɛka nokware wɔ nʼanim sɛ Kristo asomfo.
